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superˈstitiousness
[-ness.]
The quality or character of being superstitious.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 233 b, The contemplacyon of suche turneth eyther to supersticyousnes, or else to a fantasticall curiosite. 1548Cranmer Catech. sig. ()iiiv, Superstitiousnes of beades, and confidence in oure owne merites. 1657J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee, etc. i. 232 As there is no popishnesse, so, I do not see what superstitiousnesse there can be in it. 1885Rawlinson Egypt & Babylon v. 83 He showed an equal superstitiousness when..he would not allow himself to commence the work of restoration,..until he had first waited for a ‘fortunate month’. 1908Q. Rev. Apr. 483 One trait of the barbaric mind—superstitiousness. |